Requesting modification rights to a linked file set

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:

• instructions stored thereon which, when executed by one or more processors, cause a content management system to:
• determine that a first user account having read-only access to a content item stored on the content management system and shared with the first user account by a second user account has activated an option on a graphical element to request modification rights to the content item, the content item being previously created by a different user than a user associated with the first user account, the graphical element being separate from the content item;
• in response to determining that the first user account has activated the option on the graphical element, convert the read-only access of the first user account to the content item to modification rights for the first user account to the content item, the modification rights enabling the first user account to modify the content item on the content management system and synchronize the content item with a local copy of the content item on one or more client devices associated with the first user account;
• and
• synchronize the content item with at least one client device from the one or more client devices associated with the first user account.

A content management system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• at least one computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the content management system to:
• determine that a first user account having read-only access to a content item stored on the content management system and shared with the first user account by a second user account has activated an option on a graphical element to request modification rights to the content item, the content item being previously created by a different user than a user associated with the first user account, the graphical element being separate from the content item;
• in response to determining that the first user account has activated the option on the graphical element, grant modification rights to the first user account for the content item;
• and
• synchronize the content item with at least one client device from the one or more client devices associated with the first user account.